神话母题与平行比较研究的范式探索——以中国少数民族射日月神话母题为例

The Exploration of Methods of the Motif of Chinese Minority Mythology and the Parallel Comparison——Taking the example of the motif of shooting sun and moon in Chinese Mythology

神话蕴含着原始先民对文化生活的认识,体现了不同民族对客观世界的主观感知,记录了特定历史时期的民族文化传统和价值取向。中国少数民族神话中的射日月母题是流传较为广泛的一类神话母题,在各民族文化相互影响与吸收下,该类母题在传承过程中也发生了变化。采用比较分析的方法对射日月神话的背景、原因、人物、过程、结果及延续环节展开阐述,可帮助人们把握射日月母题的基本规律,挖掘口传资料和文本内部所蕴含的民族心理和文化信息。

Mythology contains the ancients＇ understanding to primitive cultural life, representing the different the subjective perceptions of nationalities to the objective world, recording the specific historical period of the cultural traditions and values. The motif of shooting sun and moon in Chinese minority＇s mythology is widespread, which has changed in the process of inheriting. Each ethnic group＇s culture influences and absorbs each other. This paper uses the methods of comparison to analyze the searched mythology texts, and narrates the background, reasons, characters, process, results and the extended links of it. We can master the basic rule of it, find the esthetic changes in the process of spread and evolution, and dig the national psychology and cultural information of the texts. Moreover, we can do the further research on the related mythology motif.